Jerome Kersey vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Jerome Kersey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Jerome Kersey played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Jerome Kersey had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jerome Kersey	17	15	1984-85 to 2000-01
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1984-85	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	77	12.4	6.1	1.2	1.4	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.9	2.3	4.8	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.4	.646
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	8	7.5	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.0	3.9	.516	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	79	15.4	8.5	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.3	5.9	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.681
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	14.0	5.5	1.8	2.0	3.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.3	2.3	5.5	.409	0.0	0.3	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	82	25.5	12.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.4	1.5	0.9	1.8	4.0	4.5	8.9	.509	0.0	0.3	.043	3.2	4.4	.720
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	15.0	6.0	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	2.5	6.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	79	36.6	19.2	2.7	5.6	8.3	3.1	1.6	0.8	2.0	3.8	7.7	15.5	.499	0.0	0.2	.200	3.7	5.0	.735
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	31.8	19.8	4.3	3.3	7.5	2.3	1.8	1.0	1.3	4.3	8.0	16.3	.492	0.0	0.3	.000	3.8	5.3	.714
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	76	35.7	17.5	3.2	5.0	8.3	3.2	1.8	1.1	2.2	3.6	7.0	15.0	.469	0.1	0.3	.286	3.4	4.9	.694
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	39.0	20.3	3.7	4.3	8.0	2.3	3.3	0.3	1.3	4.0	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	0.7	.000	5.0	6.3	.789
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	82	34.7	16.0	3.1	5.4	8.4	2.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	3.7	6.3	13.2	.478	0.0	0.2	.150	3.3	4.8	.690
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	21	39.6	20.7	3.1	5.1	8.3	2.1	1.6	1.0	2.1	4.1	7.9	17.2	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.9	.715
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	73	32.3	14.8	2.3	4.3	6.6	3.1	1.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	5.8	12.2	.478	0.1	0.2	.308	3.2	4.5	.709
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	16	36.8	17.9	3.3	3.7	6.9	3.1	1.8	0.4	1.1	4.3	6.6	14.1	.465	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.3	.752
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	77	33.2	12.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.2	1.5	0.9	2.0	3.3	5.2	11.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.125	2.3	3.4	.664
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	21	36.0	16.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	3.6	2.0	0.9	2.5	4.0	6.2	12.2	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	5.4	.693
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1992-93	1990-91
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	65	26.4	10.6	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.9	1.2	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.3	9.9	.438	0.1	0.4	.286	1.8	2.8	.634
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	4	24.5	14.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	3.8	5.5	10.5	.524	0.3	0.3	1.000	3.0	4.3	.706
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1993-94	1991-92
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	78	16.4	6.5	1.7	2.6	4.2	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.7	2.6	6.0	.433	0.0	0.1	.125	1.3	1.7	.748
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	12.7	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	5.3	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.7	.200
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1994-95	1992-93
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	63	18.1	8.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.3	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.7	3.2	7.8	.415	0.1	0.4	.259	1.5	2.0	.766
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	3	21.0	12.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	5.3	9.3	.571	0.0	0.7	.000	2.0	3.0	.667
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1995-96	1993-94
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	76	21.3	6.7	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	1.0	2.7	2.7	6.6	.410	0.0	0.2	.176	1.3	1.9	.660
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	70	25.2	6.8	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	0.7	1.1	3.1	2.8	6.4	.432	0.2	0.9	.262	1.0	1.7	.602
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	9	23.2	5.4	1.6	3.8	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.9	3.9	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.1	.789
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	37	19.4	6.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.2	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.6	6.3	.416	0.0	0.3	.100	1.1	1.8	.600
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	10	21.3	7.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.1	7.2	.431	0.0	0.3	.000	1.6	1.9	.842
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	45	15.5	3.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	1.5	4.4	.340	0.1	0.3	.214	0.1	0.3	.429
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	14	10.9	2.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	1.1	3.1	.349	0.1	0.3	.250	0.4	0.5	.714
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	72	18.2	4.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.9	.412	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.707
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	2	12.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Jerome Kersey	James Worthy
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	22	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.7	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.5	3.1	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.500
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerome Kersey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jerome Kersey vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Jerome Kersey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17